New research finds that most countries are trending in the wrong direction when it comes to meeting the UN’s 2030 global pesticide risk reduction target, with the goal unlikely to be met without substantial changes to agricultural systems worldwide.
As global demand for steel is rising, Indonesia’s steel industry is one of the country’s largest industrial greenhouse gas emitters and is set to become far more polluting if current trends continue, according to a nonprofit report.
Palm oil players welcomed the new standard, which also covers traceability requirements for Scope 3 emissions. However, it does not cover the measurement of forest carbon yet, which the standard setter said it needs more time to develop.